Darcy E. P. Telenko

This paper develops and validates methods to assess red crown rot severity in soybean using root imaging and visual scales, improving accuracy and agreement across environments.

The paper identifies a major QTL cluster on maize chromosome 1 associated with tar spot resistance using recombinant-inbred lines and genetic analysis.

The paper investigates how tar spot disease severity in corn affects phyllosphere bacterial and fungal microbiomes, finding distinct communities in resistant versus susceptible lines.